Nana Patekar Quotes

The more you live, the better an actor you are, but maybe I'd like to do something else on the side. Something to pay the bills as well.

No matter how much money I made from writing, I'd keep the bookstore job.

I would recommend, definitely, developing a 'day job' that you like - don't expect to make money writing!

I have my own dance and production companies, and acting is my creative outlet. It's what I'm passionate about. I've actually created a lifestyle where I could act for free. I could get a job to pay the bills and act on the weekends to make me smile.

I don't need the money I generate from photography to support myself.

By helping New Yorkers turn their greatest expense - their home - into an asset, Airbnb is a vehicle that artists, entrepreneurs, and innovators can use to earn extra money to pursue their passion.

I didn't come from any money, but even when I was on 'Big Love' - people think you're on a series and you're making bank.

My parents always taught me that my day job would never make me rich; it'd be my homework.

I went to a few really bad commercial auditions because I needed the money, and when you booked a commercial, your life was made: you could eat.

Right now the music is more of a hobby since I'm making a good living as an actress.

If companies are able to have multiple revenue streams and have their hands in multiple pools of money, then why shouldn't the people who actually work for those brands be able to do the exact same thing?

I still do commercial work as an actor, which I love, because it's very quick, and it definitely pays my bills.

I have to work really hard, eight shows a week, to get a nice check as an actor. But when I write a play, and it's a - knock wood - hit, the checks come in for many years.

I've never worked as much as I would've wanted to, and that's why I end up doing a lot of stage as well, because stage is a full course meal.

So yes, I hope to act in other people's movies, big and small, because that's how I make my living, really.

It's essential for an actor to have a hobby for the time when the telephone doesn't ring.

To make money in New York, you have to add gigs when starting out, so while I was acting quite a bit, I would do modeling.

Acting kind of pays my bills more than music does.

My goal was for acting to become my main income. I would say to myself, 'I'm good enough.' That became my mantra.

I never thought I had a career. I think Meryl Streep has a career. I have jobs that I am lucky to get... I'm one of those actresses who never turns down a part, no matter how small. I don't have the luxury of picking and choosing. I take everything.

I've always had a day job and never been just acting.

Making money is a hobby that will complement any other hobbies you have, beautifully.

I never imagined being able to make money from acting - and now I can.

In today's world, most people are working side jobs while waiting to do what they really want to do.

I've done a few things on the side here and there, but there is not much reason to do so in a sustained way. I'm generally able to say what I want to say within the context of Weezer.